Coin carrier and delivery device



May 17, 1955 Filed Feb. 21, 1951 H. MILLER com CARRIER AND DELIVERY DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

TORNEYS.

May 17, 1955 H. B. MILLER 3 5 COIN CARRIER AND' DELIVERY DEVICE 7 Filed Feb. 21', 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 F5 Ff cons canning AND DELIVERY DEVICE any 3. Miller, Providence, R. 1., assignor to Max L. rant, Providence, R. l.

Appiication February 21, 1951, Serial No. 212,001 6 Claims. (Ci. 133-4 This invention relates to improvements in coin-carrying and delivery devices of the type customarily employed by operators of public passenger conveyances and to those who are frequently called upon to make change.

One object of the invention is to provide a coin delivery device such that by a single operation of an actuator a plurality of coins may be delivered simultaneously. A further object is to provide a coin delivery device such that by the manual operation of an actuator element a plurality of coins may be removed from a stack as a unit. A further object is to provide a coin delivery device comprising a magazine for a stack of coins and including means operative simultaneously to remove a plurality of coins from the stack with provision for selectively adjusting the number of coins so to be delivered. A further object is to provide a coin delivery device comprising a coin magazine and a movable ejector, the latter having a chamber for holding coins and with provision for varying the effective capacity of said ejector chamber. A further object is to provide a device of the above character having provision for indicating to the user the number of coins which will be ejected at any single operation of the ejector device. Another object is to provide a device of the above character so constructed and arranged as to reduce the requisite motion of the actuating device to a minimum. A further object is to provide a device of the above type having a magazine for holding stacked coins and with provision for exposing to view the coins in the magazine. Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the following, more detailed description and by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a vertical diametrical section through the magazine of a single unit delivery device in accordance with the present invention, the ejector being shown in its normal coin receiving position immediately below the magazine;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the ejector in the delivery position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the coin magazine and associated parts removed from the outer housing or cass;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, perspective view showing the coin-supporting floor and a portion of the support for said floor;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the coin ejector separate from the other parts of the apparatus;

Fig. 6 is a section substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a front elevation illustrating a modified construction and showing an assembly of live magazine units;

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation, to larger scale than Fig. 8, showing two of the assembled magazine units, the other being broken away;

2,798,443 Patented May 17, 1955 Fig. 10 is a section substantially on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9; and

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the frame of one of the units.

The drawings illustrate a single coin magazine with associated parts enclosed in a housing or casing. This single unit embodies the features of the invention and may be employed for delivering coins of a single denomination, it being understood that the magazine will be of proper internal diameter to receive coins of that denomination. However, it is to be understood that the outer housing or casing may be designed to receive a plurality of coin magazines, for example magazines designed to hold coins of different denominations and that so far as the inventive novelty is concerned it is immaterial whether the apparatus comprise a single coin magazine or a plurality of such magazines.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description of the invention the numeral 10 designates a single unit device comprising the upright tubular magazine 11, usually of sheet metal, although it may be of other materials, of an internal diameter to receive coins of the denomination for which it is intended. As illustrated, this magazine 11 is provided with one or more windows 12 at its forward portion through which the coins stacked within the magazine may be seen. This magazine 11 is open at both top and bottom and is housed within and fixed to an outer casing or housing 13 which maybe of sheet metal or other suitable material and which comprises the top wall 14, the spaced parallel side walls 15 and the rear wall 16. The top wall 14 is inclined downwardly and forwardly and provided with a raised portion 17 having therein a circular opening 19 bounded by an annular recess 18 in which fits the upper marginal edge portion of the magazine. The opening 19 in the raised portion 17 is coaxial with the magazine and of a diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of the magazine and through this opening coins may be dropped into the magazine. The upper edge of the magazine is sloped to conform to the slant of the top wall id of the casing. An ejector guide G (Fig. 3) which may be of sheet metal or other suitable material, is arranged within the housing at the lower end of the magazine. This guide comprises a top wall Zil having a circular opening in which the lower end of the magazine is fixed, and a slot 21 which extends from said central opening to the rear edge of the top wall 20. This guide device also comprises the spaced vertical side walls 22 (Fig. 3) each of said side walls having a horizontal, inwardly directed flange 23 at its lower edge. The free edges of these flanges 23 are spaced apart from each other a distance which is somewhat greater than the width of the slot 21. These flanges extend forwardly beyond the axis of the magazine and preferably their forward corners are cut away on an arc as shown at A (Fig. 7).

The guide device, including the side Walls 22 and the flanges 23, provides a guideway for a coin ejector 24 (Fig. 5) which is horizontally slidable from front to rear. This coin ejector, preferably consists of a unitary piece of material, for example metal or a plastic, having parall l side edges designed to slide in contact with the inner surfaces of the walls 22 of the guide and having a flat bottom surface which rests upon the upper surfaces of the flanges 23. This ejector also has a flat top surface 59 which preferably has sliding engagement with or closely underlies the under surface of the wall 2!) of the guide. The ejector is of a vertical depth at least as great as the maximum number of coins which are to be ejected as a unit from the magazine at each operation of the actuator. As here illustrated the ejector is of a vertical height suflicient to accommodate eight of the coins to be dispensed.

The ejector has an aperture of more or less keyhole shape, extending through it from top to bottom, this aperture comprising the circular portion 25 which constitutes a coin receiving chamber or well, and which, in the normal position of the ejector, is coaxial with the magazine and of a diameter equal to that of the interior of the magazine. The aperture in the ejector also comprises the relatively narrow slot 26 extending radially from the well but terminating short of the rear end of the actuator, thus leaving a bridge member 27 (Fig. 5) in which is provided a vertical opening or slot 28 for a purpose hereafter described. The coin receiving well or chamber 25 is thus open at top and bottom so that coins may enter from the top and drop out through the bottom unless their passage is obstructed.

As above noted, the vertical thickness of the ejector 24 is such as to provide a coin receiving chamber or well 25 of a depth capable of holding the maximum number of coins which are to be ejected at any one time.

In order to move the ejector well into and out of registry with the lower, open end of the magazine 11, a lever 29 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) here shown as of sheet metal, is pivotally mounted near its up er end by means of a pin whose opposite ends are received in bearing eyes 30 (Fig. 6) struck outwardly from or otherwise attached to the rear wall 16 of the housing. The lower end of this lever 29 (Fig. 7) is located within the slot 28 in the rear end portion of the ejector. A spring 31 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) is fixed at its upper end to the inner surface of the housing, the lower end portion of this spring 31 engaging the front face of the lever 29 and tending constantly to swing the latter about its pivotal axis in a direction to move the ejector rearwardly or to the left as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to register the ejector Well 25 with the open lower end of the magazine 11. The rear wall 16 of the housing constitutes a stop or abutment for engagement by the rear end of the ejector thereby to limit rearward movement of the ejector so as normally to position the ejector with its Well in registry with the magazine.

A second lever 33 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) which also may be of sheet metal, is pivotally mounted at its lower end by means of a pin whose opposite ends are received in bearing eyes 34 (Fig. 6) struck outwardly from or otherwise attached to the rear wall 16 of the housing, the pivotal support for the lever 33 being spaced a substantial distance from the pivotal axis of the lever 29. The lever 33 comprises an arm 35 (Fig. 2) which extends upwardly and engages the rear side of the lever 29 at a point approximately midway the length of the latter lever. The lever 33 is also provided with a laterally extending portion 33 (Fig. 6) which reaches horizontally to the right and to a point in a front-to-rear plane between the wall of the magazine and the right hand wall 15 of the housing, and this extension is provided with a forwardly directed actuating portion 36 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) having a finger piece 37 at its forward end arranged outside of the housing and in convenient position to be engaged by the operators fingers. Downward movement of the finger piece 37 swings the actuating arm 36 downwardly and thus causes the member 35 to engage the lever 29 so as to swing the lower end of the latter forwardly and thus slide the ejector within its guide 24 to a position such as indicated in Fig. 2 wherein the well 25 is out of registry with the lower end of the magazine 11. Upon release of the finger piece 37, the spring 31 will immediately return the ejector to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the ejector is in its normal position (Fig. 1), coins inserted in the magazine drop freely down into the ejector well 25 where they pile up upon a vertically adjustable coin support, floor member or bafile 41. This coin support, floor member or baffle is carried by a part 39, here shown as an elongate fiat bar, for example of sheet metal, provided at its upper end with an annulus 49 extending substantially at right angles to the length of the bar 39 and which is of an internal diameter such that it may loosely embrace the upper portion of the magazine. As here illustrated, the coin support 41, the bar 39 and the annulus are integral portions of the same piece of sheet material, but it is to be understood that they may be made as independent parts and suitably united in fixed relation in any desired manner. The bar 39 is movable up and down longitudinally of the magazine and its lower portion is loosely received within the forward part of slot 21 in the top wall 20 of the ejector guide. Normally the coin support, floor member, or bafiie 41 is in part located within the slot 26 of the ejector and in part located directly below the magazine and within the well 25 of the ejector. The coin support 41 terminates in a forward edge 42 (Fig. 7) preferably concavely curved and located forwardly beyond the axis of the magazine. Since a portion of the coin support 41 is always located beneath the magazine and since it extends forwardly beyond the axis of the magazine it is in position to support the stack of coins within the magazine when the ejector is in its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1. This coin support or floor 41 is movable up and down within the well or chamber 25, the lower end portion of the supporting bar 39 being guided by the inner edges of the slot 21 in the top wall 20 of the ejector guide and being confined to prevent movement from front to rear by integral projections 43 extending inwardly from opposite edges of the slot 21. To facilitate assembly of the parts, the bar 39 is provided near its lower end with notches 44 in its opposite edges.

Obviously, the height of the coin support or floor 41 within the ejector well or chamber 25 will determine the effective depth of the well and thus the number of coins C which at any time may occupy and be wholly contained within the well. The number of coins C within the ejector well may be varied by raising or lowering the coin support or floor 41. As here illustrated, the upper part of the magazine is provided with retaining means 45 comprising a series of external teeth or notches 46 which are vertically spaced equal distances apart, the spacing of adjacent notches or teeth equalling the thickness of the particular coil which is to be dispensed from the magazine. Thus, for example, if the coin be a nickel then the space between adjacent teeth or notches will equal the normal thickness of a nickel. The inner end of the annulus 40 is provided with a detent or latch element 47 (Fig. 3) which may be moved into engagement with any one of said notches or teeth 46 so as to predetermine the height of the coin support or floor 41 within the well 25 of the ejector. Thus, for example, should the detent 47 be moved into engagement with the upper notch 48, the upper surface 49 (Fig. 2) of the coin support or floor 41 will be flush with the lower edge 50 of the magazine and the lowermost coin in the magazine will be supported by the part 41 so that it is wholly Within the magazine and unaffected by the movement of the ejector. On the other hand, when the detent 47 is moved into engagement with the lowermost notch 48 (Fig. 2) the coin support or floor 41 will be located within the ejector well 25 at a depth such that the well will accommodate eight coins, the upper coin being below the bottom of the magazine, and thus each forward movement of the ejector will deliver eight coins as a unit from the magazine. The detent 47 is urged into engagement with the selected tooth or notch 46 by means of a spring 52 which, as here illustrated, is fixedly secured at its lower portion to the bar 39, by spot welding or equivalent means indicated at 53.

.1 The free upper end of the spring 52 contacts the upper part of spring 31 with resilient pressure and thus urges the upper part of bar 39 forwardly so as to keep the detent 47 in engagement with the selected notch 46 except when it is manually disengaged therefrom. A finger piece or f actuator 54 is fixed to the annulus 40 and located at the front thereof in convenient position to be engaged by the operator. By pushing rearwardly on the actuator 54, the

detent 47 may be disengaged from the notch or tooth 46 and then by moving the actuator 54 up or down the bar 39 may be raised or lowered, thus adjusting the height of the coin support or floor 41. As soon as the operator releases the part 54, the spring 52 engages the detent 47 with the selected notch or tooth 46, thus retaining the floor in adjusted position. A stop 55 (Fig. l) is secured to the right-hand side wall of the housing in a position to be engaged by the annulus 49 thereby to limit the downward.

movement of the latter, thus determining the lowermost position of the floor 41. A series of index characters 56 (Fig. 1) may be provided on the front of the magazine, these index characters corresponding to the several positions of the floor 41, as determined by the engagement of the detent 47 with selected notches or teeth 46, and a datum mark or element 57 may be provided on the adjacent surface of the annulus 48 for cooperation with the index characters to assist the user in properly adjusting the coin support 41.

The operation of the device is briefly as follows: Assuming that a stack of coins is contained within the magazine and that it is desired to withdraw or eject three coins therefrom as a unit at each operation of the ejector, the annulus 46 is moved to a position such as to engage its detent 47 with the proper tooth or notch 46 thereby to locate the coin support or floor 41 at a depth within the well 25 such that the three lowermost coins of the stack in the magazine will be entirely within the well with the under surface of the fourth coin from the bottom of the stack flush with the upper surface 59 of the ejector. The operator may now depress the finger member 47 thereby moving the ejector forwardly until the well 25 is out of registry with the lower end of the magazine chamber. The three coins within the well 25 will be carried forwardly with the ejector until their axes are beyond the edge 42 of the floor (the latter remaining stationary) whereupon these three coins will drop freely down and out of the open bottom of the well 25 and may be caught in the hand of the operator. During this forward movement of the ejector, the lowermost coin within the magazine proper will be supported by the upper surface 59 of the ejector at opposite sides of the slot 26 so that it can not drop down out of the magazine chamber until the ejector has been restored to its normal position. As soon as the ejector has been returned to the position shown in Fig. 3, three more coins will drop down from the magazine and rest on the coin support or floor 41. In a like manner any number of coins, within the range of the device, may be ejected as a unit from the magazine by pre-setting the floor 41 at the proper height within the well 25.

in the arrangement shown in Figs. 8 to 11 inclusive, the magazine tube 60 of each unit is mounted in a sheet metal frame comprising a horizontal top 61 having an aperture wherein the upper end portion of the magazine tube 69 is fixed. Spaced vertical side walls 62 and 63 (Fig. 8) are integral with the top 61. At their lower ends (Fig. 9) the walls 62 and 63 are bent upwardly at 64 and 65 to provide legs or supports.

As shown in Fig. 11, the left-hand wall 62 of each unit has forwardly and rearwardly directed vertical edge members 66 and 67 forming locking tongues for engagement with vertically extending retaining lips 68 and 69 v projecting from the right-hand wall 63 of the next adjacent unit. By means of these tongues and retaining lips units may be assembled by sliding the tongues 66 and 67 into engagement with the retaining lips 68 and 69 of the next unit.

Near their lower ends the side walls 62 and 63 of each unit are united by a pair of vertically spaced, horizontal shelves 7i) and 71 (Fig. 10) which are rigidly attached to the walls 62 and 63 by rivets, Welding or the like. The upper shelf or plate 70 has an aperture for the reception of the lower end of the magazine tube 60, the latter being fixed to the shelf 76 by welding or the like.

moves forwardly, the remaining coins in the The shelves or plates 7t) and 71 provide a guideway for a horizontally slidable coin ejector. Each ejector consists of a stack of sheet metal leaves L all of the same size and shape and united by spot welding or the like to form a unitary ejector slide. The ejector slide has a slot extending through it from top to bottom, the slot being of keyhole shape similar to that of the ejector 24 above described, its circular end portion forming a coin-receiving well which is normally below and in registry with the lower end of the magazine tube 60.

Disposed between the side walls 62 and 63 of the frame of each unit is a duplex lever (Figs. 9 and 10) comprising like, parallel arms 72 and 73 rigidly joined at their forward ends by a finger bar 74 and pivotally attached to the side walls 62 and 63 respectively by pivot pins 75. Each lever arm 72 and 73 has an upwardly extending portion 76 (Fig. 10) from which projects a pin 77 which is engaged by one arm 73 of a hairpin spring comprising a coil which encircles the pivot pin 75.

An ejector actuating lever 79 (Fig. 10) is arranged at each side of the frame, each lever being pivoted near its upper end at 8i) and having its lower end disposed in a recess in the edge of the ejector. The pivot pins '75 extend through elongate recesses intermediate the ends of the lever 79 so that downward motion of the finger piece 74 actuates the levers 79 and thereby moves the ejector forwardly.

A vertically movable floor 81 (Fig. 10) for the coinreceiving well in the ejector is carried by a vertically adjustable supporting member 52. At its upper end the member 82 has a horizontal forwardly extending portion 83 having an aperture of a diameter substantially larger than that of the magazine tube through which the latter passes, the part 83 having an actuating element $4 at its forward end. A transverse bar 85 (Fig. 10) is fixed at its opposite ends to the walls 62 and 63 and has a rearwardly directed, horizontal detent tooth 86.

The vertical supporting bar 82 has a vertically extending series of horizontal teeth or notches in its forward face with which the detent 86 may be selectively engaged. The hairpin spring, above referred to, and which has the arm '78, has a second arm 87 (Fig. 9) which extends upwardly and to the rear of the support 82. Preferably the upwardly directed arms 87 of the springs at opposite sides of the frame are integrally joined by a part 88 which bears against the rear side of the support 82 and thus urges the latter toward the detent 86.

referably the bottom shelf or plate 71 of the frame is depressed at its central portion 39 to provide clearance for the delivery of the coins, and a stop 90 (Fig. 9) projecting from the lower end of the support 82 is engageable with the rear part of the lower shelf 71, thereby to determine the lowest position of the floor 31.

The operation of this arrangement is the same as that of the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive. The magazine tubes of the several units may be of different diameters to accommodatecoins of different denominations and the floor 81 of any individual unit may be adjusted by manipulation of the part 84 to determine the number of coins of the particular denomination which shall be ejected at each forward movement of the ejector. The ejector is actuated by depressing the finger piece 74, the coins which rest upon the floor 81 and within the Well of the ejector being delivered as a unit as the ejector magazine being restrained from dropping during this forward movement of the ejector by contact of the upper surface of the rear portion of the ejector.

It is to be understood that the invention is broadly clusive of any and all modifications falling within scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A coin-carrier and change-making device comprising a housing, a tubular upright magazine within the housing, said magazine having an open lower end, guide inthe means supported within the housing, an ejector slidably carried by said guide means and having a coin-receiving Well which is normally registered with the magazine for receiving coins from the latter, said ejector well being of a size and depth to hold a plurality of superposed coaxial like coins, a floor member mounted for movement up and down within the ejector well, the height of the floor member within the ejector well determining the number of coins which may be placed in the well, an annulus which loosely embraces the upper portion of the magazine, a rigid unyielding connection between the floor and said annulus, a plurality of equally spaced retainer elements fixed within the housing, adjacent retainer elements being spaced apart a distance equal to the thickness of one of the individual coins to be delivered, a detent rigidly connected to the annulus and which is selectively engageable with any of said retainer elements, thereby to hold the fioor member at a predetermined height within the ejector well, the annulus which embraces the magazine having a handle portion located forwardly of the magazine for manual actuation for first, moving the annulus radially to disengage the detent from the retaining element and then to move the floorsupporting member up and down, a lever pivotally mounted on the housing, the free end of the lever engaging the ejector and tending to move the ejector to a position in which its well is registered with the magazine, manually actuable means for moving said lever to shift the ejector to a position in which its well is out of register with the magazine, and a single spring element which exerts force tending to move the detent into engagement with one of the retaining elements and also to hold the ejector in normal position with its well in register with the magazine tube.

2. In combination with a frame having a magazine fixed therein, the magazine being designed to hold a stack of coins, means comprising a horizontally slidable ejector movable transversely of the axis of the coin stack at the lower end of the magazine and which is operative to remove a plurality of coins simultaneously from the stack, a vertically movable coin support underlying the coins in the magazine and whose position determines the number of coins which will be removed from the stack at each actuation of the ejector, the means for moving the ejector comprising a vertically movable finger piece located forwardly of the magazine, a vertically elongate bar disposed rearwardly of the magazine and having the coin support fixed to its lower end, fulcrum means adjacent to the junction of the bar with the coin support about which the bar may rock from front to rear, the fulcrum means being so constructed and arranged that the bar may be moved up or down relatively to the magazine, means for locking the bar in any one of a plurality of selected positions of vertical adjustment corresponding, respectively, to the aggregate thickness of a selected number of coins, said locking means comprising a locking element carried by the bar near its upper end, spring means urging the upper end of the bar in a direction such as normally to hold the bar locked against vertical movement, and a finger piece rigidly fixed to the upper end of the bar by means of which the bar may be so rocked as to release its locking element and permit it to be adjusted vertically by movement of the same finger piece.

3. in combination with a frame having a magazine fixed therein, said magazine being designed to hold a stack of coins, means comprising a horizontally slidable ejector, movable transversely of the axis of the coin stack, constructed and arranged to remove a plurality of coins simultaneously from the stack, a ver 'cally movable coin support underlying the coins in the magazine and Whose position determines the number of coins which will be removed from the stack at each actuation of the ejector, characterized in having a vertically elongate bar disposed rearwardly of the magazine, the coin support being a substantially horizontal, integral extension of plurality of equally spaced the bar at the lower end of the latter, means carried by the frame, near the lower end of the magazine, providing a guide slot for the reception of the lower part of the bar thereby to guide the latter for vertical movement, the edges of the slot providing fulcrum means such that the bar may be rocked from front to rear, the bar having an integral, horizontal portion at its upper end having an aperture which receives the upper end of the magazine, the aperture being of a diameter exceeding that of the magazine so that the upper portion of the bar is free to move from front to rear, said apertured part comprising a finger engaging portion located forwardly of the magazine, the magazine having a fixed locking element at its rear and the upper portion of the bar having a series of complemental locking elements, adjacent elements being spaced apart a distance equaling the thickness of one of the coins to be dispensed, and spring means normally urging the bar in a direction to engage one of its series of locking elements with the locking element carried by the magazine.

4. In combination with a magazine designed to hold a stack of coins, means comprising an ejector, slidable transversely of the axis of the coin stack, constructed and arranged to remove a plurality of coins simultaneously from the stack, a vertical adjustable selector for determining the number of coins to be removed from the stack at each actuation of the ejector, a vertically elongate rigid bar, located rearwardly of the magazine, to whose lower end said selector is fixed, characterized in having means located immediately above the ejector for guiding the lower part of the bar for vertical movement, said guiding means being constructed and arranged to permit the upper portion of the bar to rock forwardly and rearwardly, a substantially horizontal rigid member fixed to the upper end of the bar and which extends to a point forwardly of the magazine to constitute a finger piece for use in moving the bar, relatively movable looking elements, one of which is fixed and immovable and the other of which is carried by the bar, for retaining the bar in adjusted position, and a spring which biases the upper portion of the bar in a direction to hold said locking elements in engagement, horizontal rearward movement of the finger piece being operative to rock the bar, thereby to disengage the locking elements, and subsequent vertical movement of the same finger piece being operative to raise or lower the selector.

5. In combination, a coin delivery device of the kind having a substantially vertical magazine tube, an ejector at the lower end of the tube operative to remove a coin or coins from the magazine tube and to carry such coin or coins to a delivery position, said ejector having therein a well of a depth to accommodate a plurality of coins, a handle at the front of the device for actuating the ejector, a movable floor for the well, a vertically movable rigid bar for supporting the fioor, said bar being integrally joined at its lower end to the floor and extendingupwardly and longitudinally of the magazine tube at the rear of the latter, fixed fulcrum means adjacent to the junction of the fioor with the bar about which the bar may rock from front to rear, a handle located forwardly of the magazine tube for moving the bar up or down and for rocking the bar, and releasable locking means normally operative to hold the bar in any selected one of a positions of adjustment, each position corresponding to a certain and definite number of coins in the magazine, said locking means comprising equally spaced retaining elements located rearwardly of the magazine and a detent cooperating with the bar and engageable with any selected retaining element, and a spring urging the upper part of the bar in a direction transverse of the bar, thereby to engage the detent with a selected one of the retaining elements, the parts being so constructed and arranged that movement of the handle in a direction transverse of the bar disengages the detent from the retaining element and frees the bar for vertical movement by the same handle.

6. A coin carrier and change-making device comprising a tubular upright magazine having an open lower end, an ejector having a coin-receiving well registrable with the lower end of the magazine so as to receive coins from the magazine, said ejector well being of a size and depth to hold a plurality of superposed coaxial coins, a coin supporting element arranged to move up and down in said well, thereby to vary the effective coin-holding cavity of the well, a rigid elongate fiat bar to the rear of and extending longitudinally of the magazine and to which the coin-supporting element is fixed, said bar being rockable from front to rear about fixed fulcrum means near its lower end, retainer elements on the forward face of the bar, said elements being equally spaced apart a distance equal to the thickness of the coin to be dispensed and arranged in a series extending longitudinally of the bar, a fixed rearwardly directed detent, said detent normally engaging one of said retainer elements, thereby to hold the coin supporting element at a predetermined height within the ejector well corresponding to a certain definite number of coins resting upon the support and wholly within the well, spring means urging the upper part of the bar forwardly, thereby normally to keep the detent in engagement with one of the retaining elements but permitting it to be disengaged from the retaining element by rearward movement of the upper part of the bar, a handle connected to the bar and located forwardly of the magazine and which is operative to rock the bar rearwardly to disengage the detent from the retainer element and to move the bar vertically to a position in which the detent may engage another selected one of the retainer elements, a spring-pressed lever engaging the ejector and tending to hold the latter in normal position with its well in registry with the magazine, and a manually actuable lever engaging said spring-pressed lever, and operative to move the latter, thereby to shift the ejector so that its well is no longer in registry with the magazine.

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